Funeral Costs

To aid our model of ‘radical transparency’, and as regulated by Fair Trading, please see the following costs that may be incurred in after death care and funeral services, pending your decisions.

Rather than hiding our company costs in hidden mark-ups we show you the raw prices and then apply a 40% company fee to the total which covers our related logistics and overheads.

We offer all our people a 15 minute no obligation consultation by phone, and once we know which services you may require, we issue you a clear and itemised quote.

*All prices quoted are GST exclusive.

Cremation Costs

  • Transfer to Life Rites Mortuary, $260-420
  • Mortuary Berth Fee, $1,000
  • Holistic Mortuary and Essential Body Care, $280-680
  • Doula-led Dressing/ Viewing - Venue, $100 p/h * Life Rites Doula Staff, $50 p/h
  • Cremation Paperwork, $150
  • Coffin, $170-4,500
  • Cremation Fee (est), single booking, $1,450
  • Additional Crematorium Chapel Time, if needed, from $360
  • Or Hire of our Chapel and Venue, $100 p/h
  • With Life Rites AV staff, $275
  • And Venue Cleaning Fee, $150
  • Hearse Hire, $600
  • Or Coffin in Place - Transfer, $228
  • Flowers for Coffin, at cost
  • BDM Death Certificate, $60
  • Death Notice, at cost
  • Collection of Ashes by Life Rites Staff, $150
  • Life Rites Funeral Direction, $500-2000
  • Life Rites Funeral Attendants, $50 p/h
  • Life Rites Ceremonial Services, $500-2,500
  • Visual Tribute, $150-200
  • Orders of Service Design, $70 p/h
  • Orders of Service Printing, at cost
  • Follow-up conversation, gift

Burial  Costs

  • Transfer to Life Rites Mortuary, $260-420
  • Mortuary Berth Fee, $1,000
  • Holistic Mortuary and Essential Body Care, $280-680
  • Doula-led Dressing/ Viewing - Venue, $100 p/h (first hour, no charge)
  • Life Rites Doula Staff, $50 p/h
  • Coffin, $170-4,500
  • Burial Opening Fee (est), $1,000-4,000
  • Cemetery Costs, client to pay direct
  • Additional Chapel Time, if needed, from $360
  • Or Hire of our Chapel and Venue, $100 p/h
  • With Life Rites AV staff, $275
  • And Venue Cleaning Fee, $150
  • Hearse Hire, $600
  • Or Coffin in Place - Transfer, $228
  • Flowers for Coffin, at cost
  • BDM Death Certificate, $60
  • Death Notice, at cost
  • Life Rites Funeral Direction, $500-2000
  • Life Rites Funeral Attendants, $50 p/h (4 required for burial)
  • Life Rites Ceremonial Services, $500-2,500
  • Visual Tribute, $150-200
  • Orders of Service Design, $70 p/h
  • Orders of Service Printing, at cost
  • Follow-up conversation, gift

Unattended (NSNA) Cremation Costs

We also offer a low cost unattended (NSNA) cremation service but we differ from other funeral directors in that:

*We always include essential body care to facilitate dignity and respect
*We can add the option of viewings and facilitated dressing if you wish

A company fee of 20% is applied to the total raw costs which covers our related logistics and overheads.

  • Transfer to Life Rites Mortuary, $260-420
  • Mortuary Berth Fee, $700
  • Holistic Mortuary and Essential Body Care, $240
  • Cremation Paperwork, $150
  • Coffin, from $170
  • Cremation Fee (est), $650
  • Flowers for Coffin, at cost
  • BDM Death Certificate, $60
  • Death Notice, at cost
  • Life Rites Arrangement Fee, $800
  • Option to add:
  • Doula-led Dressing/ Viewing - Venue, $100 p/h
  • Life Rites Doula Staff, $50 p/h

Customised Community and Home Funerals

Our business model is one of service, rather than sales. We specialise supporting individuals, families and communities who want and need customised services and care. Our team is trained and experienced in complex death and loss situations. This means that we often invest many hours of time and care in the lead up to the funeral. This deep level of service provision is reflected in the sliding scale of our service fees. 

 Independent Holistic Funeral Directors

We use organic and natural products for our essential mortuary care, and there are always two people providing this care. Life Rites' works with other ‘best practice’ independent service providers in the industry: from our transfer service, our vintage hearses, to our handpicked coffin suppliers,  shroud and urn makers and creators.

We are not ‘one size fits all’ funeral directors. We believe that everyone deserves personalised, real and potent end of life, after death care and funeral services. As such, we can’t always offer you the cheapest funeral. What we can and will always offer you, is the best and most comprehensive holistic end of life and funeral care. With real and responsive  service, access all areas to our funeral home, attention to detail, impeccable care of your deceased person, great ceremony and the capacity to support you to do your funeral, your way, laying the best foundation for healthy grieving.

As wholly independent funeral directors we hold bricks and mortar premises, The Boutique Funeral Home, at 118 Durham St, Hurstville that we share with 3 other independent funeral directors who each look after their communities. Our premises include an onsite mortuary, chapel, office space, arrangement room and coffin, shroud and urn display room.  In our onsite mortuary we practice the highest standard of holistic body care. For our clients outside of Sydney we hold relationships with independent mortuary service providers in The Central Coast.

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